TABLE OF CONTENTS
SPRING 2012
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2
160
153
18
Keeping Them Honest
RUBÉN M. PERINA
The OAS needs to strengthen its
election observer missions.
25
The FTA Spaghetti Bowl
JOSÉ RAÚL PERALES
The hemisphere’s Free Trade
Agreements—and how to
untangle them.
Departments
11
3 From the Editor
11 Panorama
Costa Rica’s Roller Derby, Ciné
Institute in Haiti, Wine Tours
in Chile, Ten Things To Do in
Punta Del Este, and more.
148 Tongue in Cheek
The best of the region’s
political cartoons.
150 Policy Updates
Francisco Resnicoff and Gabi
Huesca on Argentina’s shale
gas revolution. Renato Opice
Blum and Paulo Sá Elias on
e-commerce regulation in Brazil.
152 Fresh Look Reviews
Joydeep Mukherji on Hal
Weitzman’s overview of recent
U.S.-Latin American relations.
Barry Ames on municipal
elections in Brazil.
160 Just the Numbers
The region’s UNESCO-protected sites.
in our
next
issue:
Gender Equality: Political Backrooms and Corporate Boardrooms: The region has advanced
in women’s rights and quota laws, but how is it faring in implementation? Articles by former Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet on women’s economic empowerment and Magdalena Hinojosa on politics.
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